Acquisition in a World of Joint Capabilities: Methods for Understanding Cross-Organizational Network Performance
Abstract
Today, public problems are more complex and difficult than ever before. Current problems in areas such as education, health care, and defense demand collaborative services that cross many organizations and many different professional disciplines. Consequently, the government, private, and nonprofit sectors often form partnerships, or collaborations, to provide more comprehensive solutions. Collaborative initiatives often pose unique risks that are believed to flow or cascade from one organization to another. Until recently, researchers lacked the statistical capability to study the collaborative risks that impede efforts to address problems ranging from Katrina to asymmetric warfare, or from the Ebola crisis to bank defaults. Gaining additional insights on collaborative risk should allow organizations to mitigate potential problems and, thereby, engage in the types of activities that are likely to resolve today’s public problems. This proposal seeks funding to advance the state of knowledge on collaborative risk and provide managerial recommendations on how to successfully employ collaborations to address public problems. Because collaborations are not limited to any given sector or functional domain, the research promises wide applicability to the areas of leadership, risk, and organizational performance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 09, 2016
- Source ID
- N002441510062
Entities
People
- Mary Brown
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte